Jumping halfbeak (Hemiramphus archipelagicus)

Scientific name: Hemiramphus archipelagicus Collette & Parin, 1978

Jumping halfbeak (Hemiramphus archipelagicus)

The Jumping halfbeak (Hemiramphus archipelagicus) is a marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae. Native range: Indo-Pacific, west coast of India and Sri Lanka and from the Gulf of Thailand, Philippines, and East Indies eastward to New Guinea and western Polynesia.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 13. Greatly prolonged, beak-like lower jaw; upper jaw short, triangular and without scales; preorbital ridge absent; total number of gill rakers on first gill arch 25-32; dorsal fin without well-developed anterior lobe; pectoral fins short, not reaching past nasal pit when folded forward; no vertical bars on sides.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Hemiramphus archipelagicus
Family
Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks)
Order
Beloniformes (Needle fishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
34.0
Environment
Marine; reef-associated
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: west coast of India and Sri Lanka and from the Gulf of Thailand, Philippines, and East Indies eastward to New Guinea and western Polynesia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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